- Elena Grinenko
Elena Grinenko is a professional
ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. She is best known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series "Dancing With The Stars".Biography
Grinenko was a born in Moscow, Russia and has been dancing since she was seven years old. [ [http://www.elenagrinenko.com/ Elena Grinenko ] ] She has been trained in ballroom dancing, ballet and Russian folk dancing. She worked with the Ballroom Formation Team of Russia, and when she reached her third year as a competitive professional dancer, she became a Soviet Union Finalist.
In 1994, she emerged as the Latin Division winner at both the Moscow and National Championships. She graduated from high school in 1995, and from there went on to study various kinds of dances at the Art Academy of Russia. In 1998, she moved to the United States, where she became one of the fastest rising stars in the dancing industry.
Partnerships
After four years of dancing with Michael Nadtochy, she decided to form a partnership with
Maksim Chmerkovskiy . [ [http://dancesportinfo.net/displayCouple.aspx?coupleId=3629 Results of Maksim Chmerkovskiy & Elena Grinenko ] ] Eventually, she was the undefeated U.S. and World Rhythm Champion with her last partner,Tony Dovolani . [ [http://www.dancesportal.com/?p=16 DanceSport Portal » Blog Archive » 2005 Embassy Ball DanceSport ] ]Dancing with the Stars
In 2006, Grinenko found herself competing against former Latin partner Chmerkovskiy, and American rhythm partner Dovolani when she was selected to join the cast of the third season of "Dancing with the Stars".
She was paired with journalist
Tucker Carlson ; they were eliminated the first week.Grinenko returned to the ballroom for the fourth season, and was partnered with NBA star
Clyde Drexler . They were the fourth couple to be eliminated. This ranked them in eighth place.ee also
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U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Rhythm)
* "Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 3) "
* "Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 4) "References
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